Improvement in cast-iron barrels



ii'ltiith' iedt? ienne i cime Lettere Patent Ne. 111,679, aeree February 7, 1871.

l i IMPROVEMENT IN CAST-IRON BARRELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the lame.

To 'all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ABEL PUTNAM, Jr., oFSara-4 toga Springs, in the county of Saratoga audState of N ew York, have invented a new and improved Cast-` iron Barrel; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oi' the saule, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part of this specification, in which- The figure is a sectional elevation.`

. This invention consists of a east-iron barrel in coinbinatiou with a porcelain lining.

Referring to the drawinga -is the, barrel, which is cast all in one piece, with the exception ofthe upper head b, which is cast sep. arately, ofthe proper size, and secured to its place byserews, a rubber gasket, d, being interposed between the head and its annular seat, to prevent lealiage- .cis the porcelain lining of the barrel, said lining` being applied in the same manner as to the interior of kettles and. other vessels to which porcelain` has heretofore been fitted.

, The cast-iron barrel thus lined is intended for hold,-

ing mineral waters, and especially during. the transportation of the same on ship-board or on land, an

. oce which the strength and cheapness oi' the barrel and its protection against the chemical action of the mineral-water by means of the lining fit it peculiarly to perform. A l

I arn aware that it is no new thing either to construct a barrel of wrought iron, or to line a cast-iron" vessel with porcelain; but wrought iron cannot be applied Witnesses:

SoLoN C. KEMON, CEAS. A. PE'rTI'r. 

